31 entries under failure topic. ×
| hardship(noun, trouble, difficulty, shock, burden) | |
| adversity(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, shock) | |
| affliction(trouble, difficulty, shock, lack) | |
| blight(shock, disaster, catastrophe, calamity) | |
| curse(trouble, difficulty, shock, lack) | |
| downer(noun, trouble, difficulty, shock, struggle) | |
| bad luck(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, shock) | |
| calamity(noun, trouble, difficulty, shock, struggle) | |
| catastrophe(noun, trouble, difficulty, shock, struggle) | |
| contretemps(difficulty, shock, disaster, catastrophe) | |
| disaster(noun, trouble, difficulty, shock, struggle) | |
| misfortune(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, shock) | |
| mishap(difficulty, shock, disaster, catastrophe) | |
| reverse(difficulty, shock, disaster, catastrophe) | |
| worst(difficulty, shock, disaster, catastrophe) | |
| bad fortune(expression, shock, disaster, catastrophe) | |
| blow(shock, disaster, catastrophe, calamity) | |
| cataclysm(shock, disaster, catastrophe, calamity) | |
| curtains(shock, disaster, catastrophe, calamity) | |
| dole(shock, disaster, catastrophe, calamity) |
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